chapstick

[Amby 490]

what do you think is the best chapstick type stuff? it's getting cold and my lips hurt

I have alba, yes to carrots, burts bees, blistex, carmex, chapstick, softlips, and I also have coconut oil which is what I use most of the time

I just googled it and Mayo clinic says:

Most people get chapped lips from time to time. Lips may become chapped for various reasons, including:

Exposure to wind, sun, or cold, dry air

Breathing with an open mouth

Licking your lips

Dehydration

Contact with irritants or allergens in cosmetics or skin-care products

There's much you can do to treat — and prevent — chapped lips. Consider these tips:

Protect your lips. Use an oil-based lubricating cream or lip balm containing petrolatum or beeswax. Before going out in cold, dry weather, apply lip cream or balm that contains sunscreen — and then cover your lips with a scarf. Reapply often while outdoors.

Avoid licking your lips. Saliva evaporates quickly, leaving lips drier than before you licked them. If you tend to lick your lips, avoid flavored lip balm — which may tempt you to lick your lips even more.

Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids, and moisten the air in your home with a humidifier.

If chapping is severe and doesn't respond to treatment at home, consult your doctor. Rarely, persistent chapped lips may indicate an underlying problem.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chapped-lips/AN01440

Well dammit I'm just never kissing anyone or licking my lips ever again. I guess I should also drink all of the 50 beverages I have sitting here next to me.

Edited October 29, 2008 by Amby

[almaty 19]

try this..

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

horse manure - it may not cure chapped lips, but it will sure keep you from licking them.

[*julez* 124]

Personally, I would reccommend Burts Bees. Its the only one I use .

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Coconut oil, FTW!. As for chapstick type things, Bren swears by the one they sell at Trader Joe's. If the lips are really really chapped, I go with Blistek medicated.

[almaty 19]

Personally, I would reccommend Burts Bees. Its the only one I use .

i agree.. it is the best

[Welshcookie 17]

I stopped using chapstick altogether some years ago...I found I had to keep using it or my lips always felt dry. Now if I do get chapped lips I just use vaseline for a couple of days...I have a huge pot so I'm not tempted to carry it around and keep applying it.

[Yaads 0]

Personally, I would reccommend Burts Bees. Its the only one I use .

i agree.. it is the best

Burts Bees here too All I ever use. They have one with pomegrante oil...wonderful

[Amby 490]

I stopped using chapstick altogether some years ago...I found I had to keep using it or my lips always felt dry. Now if I do get chapped lips I just use vaseline for a couple of days...I have a huge pot so I'm not tempted to carry it around and keep applying it.

I exfoliate my lips a few times a week but dammit maybe I need to just carry around some vaseline. It can be used for other things too

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

How does one exfoliate their lips? I never heard of such a thing.....burts bees for me too!

[Mags 112]

I've used a chapstick/lip gloss for years. Apparently the more you use one the less your lips moisturise themselves - so it is addictive.

Personally I swear by Victoria's Secret Lip Gloss. It isn't a chap stick but I find it beats many of the ones I have used hands down. You can get it clear or ever so slightly tinted. Costs $7 a tube and lasts for ages. Smells gorgeous too.

As it doesn't have sunscreen in it I always make sure my lips are moisturised (as well as my face) with my morning SPF15 moisturiser.

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

I stopped using chapstick altogether some years ago...I found I had to keep using it or my lips always felt dry. Now if I do get chapped lips I just use vaseline for a couple of days...I have a huge pot so I'm not tempted to carry it around and keep applying it.

hmmm

[Amby 490]

How does one exfoliate their lips? I never heard of such a thing.....burts bees for me too!

you can buy exfoliator for your lips

http://www.sephora.com/browse/section.jhtm...tegoryId=C10301

[Welshcookie 17]

I stopped using chapstick altogether some years ago...I found I had to keep using it or my lips always felt dry. Now if I do get chapped lips I just use vaseline for a couple of days...I have a huge pot so I'm not tempted to carry it around and keep applying it.

hmmm

I knew I was going to regret mentioning my huge pot of vaseline

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

How does one exfoliate their lips? I never heard of such a thing.....burts bees for me too!

you can buy exfoliator for your lips

http://www.sephora.com/browse/section.jhtm...tegoryId=C10301

well i never knew such products existed. now that I do, I feel a strange need to buy them...